1:04 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
President Risser in the chair.
Senate Bill 9
Relating to: a tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 9
Read a third time and passed.
Relating to: the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 12
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 16
Relating to: permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 16 offered by Senators Lazich and Leibham.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 16?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 16
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 36
Relating to: motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 36
Read a third time.
The question was: Passage of Senate Bill 36?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 25; noes, 8; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kapanke, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 25.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham and Schultz - 8.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senate Bill 37
Relating to: payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges.
Read a second time.
Senator Taylor, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 37 be withdrawn and returned to author.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 37?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 37
Read a third time.
The question was: Passage of Senate Bill 37?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 31; noes, 2; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 31.
Noes - Senators Lazich and Leibham - 2.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
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By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
17
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Assembly Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: declaring March 10, 2009, Tibet Day.
By Representatives Parisi, Black, Seidel, Pocan, Berceau, Bies, Sherman, Pope-Roberts, Richards and Roys; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach and Miller.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 17 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up at this time.
Assembly Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: declaring March 10, 2009, Tibet Day.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 17 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Senate Bill
9
Senate Bill
12
Senate Bill
16
Senate Bill
36
Assembly Joint Resolution 17
Messaged.
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Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Leo Konrad, who passed away at age 92. He was a retired firefighter and devoted his life to Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. He was a student of Native American History and carved totem poles that will be an enduring legacy.
Senator Erpenbach, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Senator Tim Carpenter, on the celebration of his 49th birthday.
Senator Miller, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Wisconsin Junior Men's Curling Team, which won the Bronze Medal in the 2009 Junior Men's Curling Championship in North Dakota last week. Team members are Blake Morton (Skip), Marcus Fonger (Vice-Skip), Tommy Juszcyk (Second), Calvin Weber (Lead), and Tom Gabower (Alternate). All are members of the Madison Curling Club located in McFarland.
Senator Miller, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Gwendolyn Goodden and Annabelle Goodden, physicians from the United Kingdom, who are visiting their grandmother, former State Representative Midge Miller.
Senator Hopper, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of longtime Fond du Lac police officer, Mike Mullenix, who passed away earlier this month. Mike started with the Fond du Lac police department in 1970 as a patrol officer and retired as a police patrol captain in 2001. "Muldo," as his fellow officers knew him by, was a respected supervisor and always thought of his officers and the community when he made decisions. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and the Fond du Lac community.